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| Fallow Deer, Dama dama |
On Thursday I visited Petworth Park to see the fallow deer rut. There was plenty of bellowing by the bucks.
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| Autumn leaves |
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| Brittle Cinder, Kretzschmaria deusta |
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| Brittle Cinder |
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| Candlesnuff Fungus, Xylaria hypoxylon |
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| Chicken of the Woods, Laetiporus sulphureus |
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| unidentified crust fungus |
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| Cup lichen, Cladonia species |
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| Egyptian Geese, Alopochen aegyptiacus |
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| Fallow Deer, Dama dama |
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| Floating Pennywort, Hydrocotyle ranunculoides |
This is on the lake in front of Petworth House. It is an invasive non-native species.
"First naturalised in 1990 as a result of discarded plants from garden ponds.
Can grow up to 20cm per day and may quickly dominate a waterbody forming
thick mats and impeding water flow and amenity use. May out-compete
native species by blocking out light, causing deoxygenation, obstructing air
breathing insects from reaching the water surface and reducing water temperatures.
Floating pennywort is listed under Schedule 9 to the Wildlife and Countryside
Act 1981 with respect to England, Wales and Scotland. As such, it is an
offence to plant or otherwise cause this species to grow in the wild."
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| Golden Spindles, Clavulinopsis fusiformis |
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| Golden Spindles |
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| Lacquered Bracket, Ganoderma lucidum |
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| Lacquered Bracket |
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| Shoveler, Anas clypeata |
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| Trichoderma viride, anamorph of Hypocrea rufa |
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| Trichoderma viride, anamorph of Hypocrea rufa |
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| Yellow Dung Flies mating, Scatophaga stercoraria |
